The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-27 00:00:00

SPI T AIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. "The Times has at length " taken an opportunity of' ad verting to . the able exposition of Lord Lyndhurst." Our readers will remember that the ob . i,ea of Lord Lyndhurst's speech was to prove that the amount of our exports had *diminished di:ring the administration of the present Go vernment. We first convicted the Noble and Learned Lord of 'an unworthy artifice in taking the year§ 1 ..?!..36 and 1837 ar his standard, and we then showed, by reference to authentic Parliamentary returns, that during the time Lord Lyndhurst himself was in office our export trade decreased in 1828 from 37,181,3351. to 36,812,7561., and in 1829 it still 4 :urtber decreased to 35,842,623/. ; while, on the other 'weld, in 1832, when the policy of the present Government may be fairly supposed to have come into operation, it in creased to 36,450,594/., ir, 1833 to 39,667,347/., in 1834 to 41,649,191/., in 18: 1 5 to 47,372,2701., and in 18?,f's to 53,368,572/. U these conclusive facts, lir:Weyer, our Contemporary is totally silent. Not the sl. : .ghtest attempt is made either to impeach cur statement or to defend that of Lord Lyndhurst. Bet, curiously enough, we are accused with " not having ventured to reply to the facts 'respecting the diminution of our foreign exports !' The Times, however, is even less fortunate in whet it says, than in what it has left unsaid. " Cracow," we are tell, "is one of the most important commercial emporiums on the Continent." This is cer tainly a new view of unhappy Cracow. That poor city has suffered enough from the injuries of its enemies to en title it t' be spared such mockery from pretended friends. As a proof of its assertion, the Times states that the for mer population of Cracow was great, and that in 1632 it lost 193,000 people by the plague. It is to be feared 'that Cracow has never recovered this said plague t for in 1826 the population of the city was computed tobe 26,000, and the whole Republic did not then Contain more than !10,000. As trade is carried on with the living and not with the dead, with the population of the 19th, and not of the 17th century, the importance of Cracow in a com mercial point of view remains to be proved. The Times, indeed, says, that " Cracow offers us a direct communication with the Black Sea, the Baltic, and the Adriatic." It is doubt less very obliging of Cracow or of the Times to make us this handsome offer ; but unless the map of Europe greatly de ceives us it is just possible that our own goods might get to the Baltic and Adriatic by a shorter and more direct course than by going through Cracow ; and it is not im probable that they might reach the Black Sea by the Mediterranean or the Danube fully as cheaply as by being tugged thither overland through Cracow. But the Times is determined to titstinguish itself in smartness as well as in geography. We asked on Tuesday, " How could Lord Lyndhurst expect to have a trade with Poland when he refused to take her corn, almost the only thing she pro duced, in exchange ?" And in reply, our Contemporary knowingly inquires—" Does our refusal to take the corn of the United States prevent us from having a trade with America?" Though there are in England. Corn-laws, there do not happen to be any cottorelaws, and per haps the economist of the Times; will tell us what is the amount of the produce of Cracow in cotton and tobacco ? Then comes a spice of historical lore, and that, too, of me3ern history, nay, what may be called newspaper history, of which the Times ought to blush at being ignorant. Our Contemporary fan cies that the treaty of 1827 precluded France from attack ing and cone i nering Algiers. Why, the treaty of July 1827 related tq nothing but the pacification of Greece, and the separthon of that country from Turkey. England, France, and Russia, who signed that treaty, took the engagement that in the settlement of the affairs of Greece they would seek for no exclusive advantage, and no accession of terri tory. But the treaty of 1827 had no more to do with the French expedition to Algiers than it had to do with the af fairs of China, or with the speech of Lord Lyndhurst. Therefore to say that " no further treaty than the existing one of 1827 was necessary to prevent France from retaining possession of Algiers," is to betray t'ne most laughable igno rance. Equally unhappy is the Times in its attempt to expound the len , of natireos. It contends that the Eng lish Government ought not to haveacknowledged the Meal. can blockade till it had been approved of by the French Government. Our Contemporary seems not to know that an Admiral may establish a blockade, and that a block ade which is effective and executed by an adequate force becomes at once legal, so far as regards the turning away of s hi ps ; although ships trying to enter the blockaded port cannot legally be captured till after the blockade has been sufficiently made known. But if the Times had taken the trouble of looking at the Gazette, which it surely might have done during the four days it was ruminating its article, it would have seen that the official notification of the Mexican blockade was, in fact, founded upon an announcement from the French Government itself ; so that the blockade was both" known to" and "approved by" the French Government before it was notified by the Government of England 1 Luckless Tiniest who " Dives for its brains and finds nobottom there, Then writes and flounders on in mere despair." " Must we again remind this writer that the restrictions of our trade with Circassia are attributable," not to the fiscal regulations of 1831, but to the treaty which gav e Russia le right of imposing them ? To Lord Aberdeen we are indebted for that treaty ; and therefore let those who deplore the evil ascribe it to its true source. To the evidence we adduced of the rapid and enormous increase of our trade with Greece all the Times ventures to say is— " it is no wonder I"—Morning Chronicle. There are some men, excellent persons too in the main who, nursed in educational prejudices - too strong. +, O be counteracted by their,TC;i:eCf 'reasoning powers, are always exhibiting a cnn_c_ni:reuous discrepancy betwe en their specu latiyee-saas and their actual conduct. Not that, knowing what is right, they deliberately and consciously do what is wrong ; but that, while showing the utmost perspicacity in reasoning out correct conclusions, they are nevertheless so powerfully and insensibly acted on by certain forces opposed to those conclusions as to yield at length to their influence, without being in the least aware of the moral obliquity which this must seem to involve. To speak on one side of a question, and to vote on the other, is an old Parliamentary odium which is said to have attached even to so upright a person as the late Mr. Wilberforce. Of course, less creditable examples of the same thing might be multiplied indefinitely ; but, beyond all doubt, the most notable living instance of the sort of inconsistency we are com menting on is to be found in a quarter where we should least expect it—even in the Most Reverend Prelate who wears at present the Archiepiscopal Mitre of Dublin. In many respects, Archbishop Whately is both a re spectable man and an able one. With most of his old college friends whom he has latterly shot ahead of in life, be still maintains, we know, the same kindly and familiar intercourse as when they were more upon an equality. In spite, too, of his excessive passion for generalizing, which often betrays him into the confusion it affects to avoid, he is, as a writer, considerably above mediocrity. On points of civil policy, whereon we may be permitted to differ from his Grace without presumption, as well as on some spiritual questions, in regard to which the most Rev. Pre late ought to be a much better authority, we have at various times felt constrained to impugn Dr. Whately's opinions, though certainly never without serious reason, and seldom without regret. But, with all the credit which we arc really disposed to give to that distinguished dig nitary, the more sincere that it is not indiscriminate, we must plainly say, that on no previous occasion have the anomalies of his Grace's mental and moral structure been so strikingly illustrated as in his recently published Charge delivered at the triennial visitation of the province of Dublin. What are the most appropriate topics for such a season it would be sheer sacrilege ou our part to con jecture ; neither can we determine whether the professed object of exhorting and encouraging his clergy be a legiti mate opportunity for introducing at great length and with much adroitness a laboured, though unsuccessful disclaimer of the Archbishop's supposed addictedness to partisanship. Such, at all events, is the sole leading purpose of the pub lication which his Grace has put forth. The way in which this large proportion of alcohol has been incorporated with the lesser quantity of purer element wherewith it is scarcely diluted, is not only curious for its dexterity, but furnishes a complete proof of that peculiarity whereby his Grace's practical operations are often exhibited in strange discor dance with the soundness of his speculative opinions. After assigning reasons for departing from the ordinary range of remark in episcopal charges — reasons , the inconclusiveness of r which is mainly attributable, we suppose, to their brevity— Dr. Whately proceeds to discuss the danger accruing to re ligion, first from the general diffusion of education without a sufficiency of instruction in the evidences of Christianity and secondly, from the prevalence of what he calls a " po litico-religious" par spins.ty an On the first of these heads, taking care to repudiate participation in the cry of church in danger, he sensibly remarks, that " an evil is not neces• sari'y ..l ogether unrealbecause it avouching it a li v a e sof i t n e g n e b n ee i n lis fea o r w ed n vii ho. t just cause ; all knowlselse that numerous clubvsaroieftyinfiedfelsweixseistaanmd he on u g se t lower classes, advances . thoughts on the subject of misdirected education. Our does not enable us to limited space, we regret to enrich our columns with Dr. ‘ s % a rl ' i ' ately's weighty testimony in favo n • of the views which from time (wed in this Journal, in opposition to to time are advo cated the existing But de magogue-clamour for " education wi thoutre l i gion." that the most Rev. Prelate should etttrtiinsuclrm views, a. and yet be a bl e t o re t a i n his place on the l Board l f i o raging the national Irish schools, wherein reli g ious instruc tion - tion is not ne cessar il y prov id e d f o r, is one of o inconsistencies, ex hibi t i ng soun d o pinions in allii: Grace's iance with contradictory practice, which we have already alluded to. The fact is, that the absence of Christen teaching in those schools, and wors e st ill, t h e i ncu l c ation of Popish error, are found to be insuperable obstacles to their re seiving the countenance of the Protestant clergy. The shrewd Archbishop is awake to this ; and therefore, with the purpose of fortifyisg a system wherewith his name is unfortunately associated, he takes occasion, while virtually and most unjustly insinuating that his clergy do not instruet • their flocks in the evidence of revealed reli.` e ton, to lay down such injunctions as may seeni , , r to exculpate his own indiffo ence upon that rent in regard to the national schools, This is very no doubt. And then *ith reference to the deli cate matter of party spirit, which forms the second topic of discourse ) the Ijoctor's opinions arc, as usmil, tolerably sound and satisfactory, though net uniformly so. For example, when he gives us to understand (pages 31 .. 2 and 34) that a Clergyman may blamelessly C^':'.. Mue a mtnther of a Church without apProu.lllg entirely of its doc trines, which he is sWw.; tolielieVe and tiphoid t i the Nrch bishop, we h':.iribly venture to think, pr'etinulgates a very novel and a very hilmoraf tentiMent, But still the gene ral strain of this pari:ltin of the " charge" is Unexception able, When viewed, however, in miation to :ts obvious purpose, as meant to show that he, as an orthodox Bishop ( ?), may lawfully continue on the National Education Board s identified as well with Papists as with Socinians in a scheme wherein sound religion is compromised, it is an egregious failure. On th's point we cannot do better than treat him to his own words " By belonging to the party, he becomes responsible for all their acts—for all the actt indeed (in matters pertaining to re ligion) of any tf the members of that religious party—when he does not distinctly and publicly protest against those acts. For It is plain that the very same kind of support and coun tenance which he is deriving from them, in accomplishing what he regards as good objects, they, in turn, derive from him, in theirs."—( Page 32. ) After this, can we do otherwise than say to Dr. Whately, " Physician, heal thyself !"—Thies. Amon.- the notices of motions which now stand on the order-book of the House of Commons for early discussion next session, is one by Mr. O'Connell, which is of deep interest to the public, and of urgent importance to the class to which we appertain. It is for a Bill to correct the pre sent Libel-law, more especially with a view " the better to secure the liberty of the Press." The English law of libel, as it stands at present, is disgraceful to a civilized country. Truth is a libel--and a true report, exposing the examina tion of a most notorious thief or swindler, at any of the police-offices—an exposure than which there is nothing snore useful to the commercial classes and to the well-being of society at large—might subject the reporter or pub lisher of that true statement to an action for libel by the said notorious thief or swindler, providing he could induce any pettifogging lawyer to bring an action. We do not hesitate to say, that if the above exposition of the law of libel be correct, actions for libel might be brot,ght every day in the week by the whole fraternity of the swell mob against ourselves and our Contemporaries of the Press, It may be said, indeed, that in such cases Juries would protect their own social and individual stake in the commercial well-being of the community by an adequate verdict. But, unfortunately, Juries do not take this patriotic view of the benefit of the community, nor of their own, as involved it. Instances have occurred in which they have given damages to men inculpated—not by an ex parte police report, which, we hesitate not to say, would enable a regular thief, any day to bring his action—but in cases where the Police Magistrate (invested with full power to that effect) has pronounced a summary and ultimate judgment on a culprit—converted into a prosecutor by the barbarous anomaly of the law. It is true that in such cases small damages have been given, perhaps a farthing ; but, although the damages be small, the costs they carry with them are great, and a malignant knave may easily gra tify his malice against a public-spirited detector of his mis conduct by bringing his action for libel, for the mere purpose of saddling him with costs. This abuse in the matter of costs requires an immediate reform, and that urgent requisition of reform the Bill of Mr. O'Connell appositely meets. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman proposes, that when the da mages do not exceed 40 shillings," the defendant is to be en titled to costs, as if a verdict were in his favour." The absurdity of the present law of libel is not greater than the extent of individual and social wrong which it inflicts. It is bottomed in falsehood. Our law denounces " truth as a libel." Not satisfied with this startling proposition, some of our judicial functionaries have gone farther, and asserted " that the greater the truth, the greater the libel." . All the evil consequences flowing from the present law of libel may be traced to this polluted source—the falsification of truth. What legislation must that be which proclaims its vital essence to be falsehood ? What beneficial system of na tional education, which implies the instruction of truth— such as that proposed by Lord Brougham and Mr. Wyse, M.P.—could be coupled with the authoritative inculcation of such an axiom ? What respect for the tuition of useful truths, or for their tutors, could be maintained in the face of this legal abomination ? We are pleased to perceive that by " clause six" of Mr. O'Connell's printed Bill, defen dants in actions of libel are to be allowed to prove the truth of their allegations. This will be a great point gained. We will conclude with an especial example of too common occurrence, in which the absurd anomaly of the present law of libel is not more conspicuous than its disas trous effects upon society and upon individuals. Every one must recollect the case of Probert, Huts', .and Thurtell threatening the Press with actions, lisr libel, for publishing police examinations, after_ I .lle commission of their appalling crime. lf we in `ibis Journal under the present law of libel were 'hits day to say of a notorious robber that he Yva,—'l;roVed to be so at a police-office—con fining ours' l :;res to the unembellished truth—if by so doing, we '.are, by publicity, to prevent burglary, robbery, or ;murder—there can be no question that we should be liable to an action for uttering a useful truth. It is true, that a Jury might not give either to the plaintiff or to the lawyer (who might be prompted to farm his case by managing it) more than a farthing damages. They might, however, give forty shillings. In one instance we can state that they did give forty shillings to a subsequently convicted burglar. But whether a farthing or forty shillings, the result would be the same. We should have to pay costs for doing a common duty of honest citizens in frustrating crime, and in warning or protecting society. We might save others ; ourselves we could not save. We should probably have to pay 1501. costs for being declared innocent. Did Voltaire or Rabelais ever imagine anything more stupidly and s il lainously absurd ? So much for the present libel law ! Morning Advertiser. The case at Marlborough-street Police-office, which we reported on Saturday, must raise in the minds of many persons considerable doubt as to the reasonableness of the law concerning the custody of persons alleged to be insane. It would appear from what was stated by the very intelli gent Magistrate who presided on the occasion, that what ever may appear to him to be the justice of the case, he has no jurisdiction once a certificate of a medical practi tioner is produced attesting the insanity of the person who applies for Magisterial protection. In the case as re ported, to which we now allude, the individual applying for protection does not appear to have exhibited insanity, but quite the contrary ; yet to his repeated remonstrances against being left without protection, while persons were waiting outside the door to put handcuffs on him, and drag him away against his will to a place of confinement, the only answer of the Magistrate was, that having been pronounced insane by the doctors the case was out of Magisterial jurisdiction. And the end of the matter was, that though the madhouse people did not ven ture into the office, yet when the gentleman alleged to be mad attempted to escape by a back way he was " punced upon," and carried off. We do not mean to offer any opinion upon the insanity of the applicant to the Ma g istrate in this case. Probably he was insane, not withstanding all the appearances and the evidence of his landlady to the contrary ; but the serious matter in ques tion is the monstrous power which any two doctors and a madhouse keeper appear to have over the liberty of any in dividual. From what fell from the Magistrate the public cannot but conclude that though he were as well convinced of the sanity of a person appl3ing to him as he could be of any other fact within the scope of moral consiction, yet if the madhouse people came, provided with handcuffs and a doctor's certificate, he could not hinder them from carrying off the applicant as their prisoner. It is true that the Habeas Corpus Act remains, and we suppose a Judge's or der in such a case is potent enough to of errule even a doz tor's certificate ; but once a man is shut up in a madhouse it may not be so easy for him to sue out a writ ; and, more over, if a temporary imprisonment were a great object, that might be accomplished before it would be possible to bring the adjustment of the case under a writ of Habeas Corpus to a final issue.—Morning Post. Our readers are aware that " The Imprisonment for Debt Bill," having received the Royal assent, has become law. It is also well known that a very unjust clause was by some underhand means, for every one disavows the fraud, introduced into the Bill after it had passed the House of Lords. This clause, so unworthy of an honest or enlightened people, is intended to compel the proprie tors of Newspapers to insert the schedules or notices of the insolvents who may be entitled to take the benefit of the said Bill. The moment this pettifogger's clause was discovered, by the return of the . Bill to the House of Lords, their Lordships, with that quick sense of justice which has placed the moral character of the hereditary Peerage so immeasurably above that of our sbopocratic House of Commons—their Lordships at once declared it to be " a gross invasion of the right of private property," which ought to be expunged from the Bill ; the Ministerial organ made a feeble attempt to retain the clause, but even tually Lord Brougham drew up the following Bill to ob viate the evil : A BILL, INTITULED, "AN ACT TOUCHING THE INSERTION OF SCHEDULES OF DEBTORS IN NEWSPAPERS." ,6 Wh er e s it is expedient to provide that no proprietor, editor, or printer of any newspaper shall be obliged to insert any schedule of any insolvent for the sum of three shillings, or any other sum other than may be agreed on between the par ties ; be it enacted, by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1838. temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that no proprietor, editor, zir printer of any newspaper shall be obliged to insert in such paper any schedule of any debtor who shall be entitled to take the benefit o,f, any Act relative to arrest for debt, passed in this Sei - ilun of Parliament, or any other schedule, matter, or thing ;n respect of the provisions of such act, for three shillings, or for any stun Qtlift aft grail ij aced upon between such proprietor, editor, or printer, and the party or parties inte rested in having such schedule, matter, or thing inserted ; any thing in any law, tiattite, br Usage to the contrary in anywise noti.*:lihstanding." the o It is only just to their Lord . thipit to sa y that, with exceptin of the Whig Lord thatieellof, Ovk_i every facility to the passing of this short Bill, so thoroughly con vinced were their L;HShitiS of 014 iniquittiug nature of the obnoxious clause. This remedial Bill accordingly passed through their Lordships' House, and was sent to the com mons' House ; c Ininonly, but somewhat erroneously, styled the repre,..r%lUtives of the people. In this august assem bly, wherein " motley" seems of late years to be almost the only wear," this very short Bill, which the aristo cratic branch of our Legislature, with the feelings of high honour and that love of justice which belong to them, intended to interpose between a fraud and the sacred rights of property—this measure of ordinary justice was treated by a small number of those that are called, par excellence, the Honourable Members, with all that con temptible littleness of character which so remarkably distinguishes her Majesty's Attorney-General, and the small clique of shopocratic beagles who are always ready to hark in to the cry of their leader, whose great object appears to have bean to show his teeth at Lord Brougham, of whose lash he is, with reason, desperately afraid. As to the soap and gin manufacturers who fol lowed as tail to "the scared of Lord Brougham," their con duct is too contemptible for further observation ; but one thing is certain, and it is, that if these worthies were to lose ten pounds of soap or a gallon of gin by the Bill, they would make a most awful cackling on the occasion. How it happened that such persons came to be Members of Par liament it might not, perhaps, be difficult for us to say ; but we do not wish to hurt any one's feelings. As to the object under discussion—we will not say in dispute, for we never thought it worth our while to say a word on the subject until the House of Lords took it up—to us it is wholly unimportant, for we can, if we please, completely defeat " this gross attempt to invade the rights of private pro perty," as the Lords very properly denominated that scheme which may be termed a specimen of a Whig At , torney-General's gaucherie.—Morning Herald. SPORTING WITHOUT CERTIFICATES. — Persons will do well by paying attention to the advertisement caution of the secretary of stamps and taxes, respecting sporting with out certificates. A person sporting without certificate is liable to three processes. First, a penalty, under the game act, of not more than 51. and on non-payment may be impri soned, to hard labour or not, for not exceeding three calendar months; second, a penalty, under the assessed taxes acts, of not more than 201., nor less than 101., and on non-payment may be committed (if no goods to distrain), but not to hard labour, for not exceeding six calendar months ; a surcharge. under assessed taxes, for double certificate duty 71. 75., and if no goods to levy upon, may be committed, but not to hard labour, until the money is paid, unless the Board of Stamps and Taxes choose to liberate. DISCOVERY AT MEUNG.—WhiIe working in a quarry at Aleung, the workmen came to a sculptured stone of a circular form, which covered a pit of no great depth, at the bottom of which was the entire skeleton of a woman. On one of her fingers were two rings, one of silver, without any carving ; the second thick, and of pure gold, representing a knight with his helmet, and a scymeter suspended from his right arm.— Athencrum. DEATH BY PEDESTRIANISM.--A young man, named Hull, was killed by the rupture of a blood-vossel in the . . .... , head, on Monday last, on a piece of ground near Uxbridge. He had been engaged to do 20 miles in three hours and a . .. half; but in going the 18th mile, within three hours, he fell to rise no more alive. The heat of the weather, no doubt, contributed to his death. GROUSE.—According to the information received from the Moors, grouse is this season about an average crop, taking one part of this county with another. On some Moors they were plentiful and well-grown birds ; on others, scarce and weak. We have heard of three, four, and eight and a half brace being bagged by a single sportsman in one day— but every one acquainted with shooting or fishing knows that sometimes the sportsman or his attendant dreams that one bird or trout counts two. We were gravely informed this morn ing, that one day last week, on a Moor in this county, three guns brought down 120 brace, i. e. 240 birds. Capital work, indeed, Colonel Hawker might exclaim. —Ayr Observer. We understand that Tuesday, the 4th day of Sep tember, is appointed for the execution of the unhappy man (Maskelyne) who is now under sentence of death, for shooting at Mr. Rumbold, of Lyneham. The execution will take place at the New Prison, at about twelve o'clock on that day. Mas- kelyne is in a very calm state ; a . ad apparently resigned to his awful fate. It is believed that he will make a full confession ere the fatal day arel:ves.— Wilts Independent. IRISH Itow.—An inquest was held on Friday in St. (.'ies's on the body of the infant whose death was thought to have been occasioned by a blow received in the course of an Irish row. A disturbance of the kind had certainly taken place, but a surgeon, however, deposed that there were no external marks of violence on the body, and that in his opi nion the infant had died from natural causes. Verdict accord- ingly. THE BAR IN NEW SOUTH `VALES.—The recent act of their honours the three judges, in proposing to institute a course of colonial training for the future supply of the colo nial bar from the ranks of our native youth, is one of the most important in its probable consequences upon the colonial mind that we are aware of for a long time past.— Colonist. [The "gentlemen of the long robe" then in future will be of home ma nufacture—one way of improving the profession, and ensuring the uniformity of the practice of English law. We did not know barristers were so scarce.] We learn from Trieste that on the 9th instant, in the afternoon, a slight shock of an earthquake was felt at Fiume, but in the following night there were several stronger repeti tions, and between eight and nine o'clock on the evening of the 10th a loud noise was the precursor of a shock still more violent. The bells rung, men, horses, and carriages were thrown down in the streets, some walls were cracked, and the vessels in the port were driven against each other. Great part of the inhabitants left the town, took to the open country for safety, and passed the night there. Further particulars had not been received. It was, however, known that at Bukari, three leagues from Fiume, the great tower of the church was thrown down, and had partially destroyed some houses. On the 10th sonic shocks had been felt at Trieste. The following is an instance of the great productive ness of that valuable esculent, the potato : —Aaron Berry, of Longton, blacksmith, gathered, at an early period of the spring, a crop of forward kidney potatoes, which were sold in Preston market at 7d. per lb. He carefully planted the same roots, which produced a better crop in quantity than the former. He has the third time planted the very same roots, which are progressing and promising to be as fruitful as the first. They are to be seen now growing. The stems for the second and third crops never raised themselves, nevertheless they con tinued fresh and green in appearance.—Preston Chronicle. RAPE.—On the night of Friday, the 10th inst., a young woman, named Hayne, was returning from Belfast to Castlewellan, in company with a man named Morran, who of fered her his protection. The girl, thinking herself safe with a person whom she had formerly known, confided in his honour. Not long after, however, the ruffian, concealed by the darkness of the night, embraced the opportunity thus offered him of in jumirieiintgte d th , c poor girl. The driver of the car, a little boy , first alarmed the nighbourhood, and afterwards the police, who suc ceeded in arresting Morran, and bringing him before A. H. Montgomery, Esq., and the Rev. W. Anpcsley. The Ma gistrates granted informations against the prisoner, and com mitted him to Down gaol, for trial at the Assizes.—Down patrick Recorder. It is a singular circumstance that of 27 children born in the Belper district, from the 20th of June to the 11th of August, 1838, there are 23 girls, and only 4 boys.—Derby Reporter. F F , : s A ct . I , l n ' l e I near U I L , , oodLueifao.foiyouirati,krnVh, easceEi:nsdoaßoown:mohnd—eneedortrdth'sshari eeenretaltgiersri ehcscatl fihrraeehtietsani:scoiltlf having en s hsf. e oihswooco o deen f ,orwest a b tu ‘ bas e V seg e pi enni discovered,cg AILLANciroLLY EVENT !—A few days since, a young lady who was sitting on the beach enjoying the sea breeze, incautiously placed her parasol open on the land, when a sudden gust of wind instantly caught it up, took it into the water, and it sunk to rise no morel—Norfolk Chronicle. kin i s ‘ , 4: of i i - i a J au doubtlessim eatables, marriedge with intendedi the r e a c n e t n , oefax beef knives, for going a riror l o l n c bo o b: n tm ee h t l d o e . the bride elect said, " Well, James, never mind, if you are transported for fourteen years, I'll wait for you until you return r' REFORM PROTECTION ASSOCIATION. On Tuesday evening, the anni a v n er d sa c ry ap o t f a t i h n e ß f o or w m ye at r i , o o n n of hi t s hi r s ig A h s t - , ' a Esq.,r nper d 0 v , t n T E ( E fa N t (father r BENCH N L c o r ri d Duncan), pßr soN . S_i_r As sociation was celebrated by a public dinner at Southampton. J ame s Weld, Esq. took the chair, supported by Lora Duncan, aT.All'hd.,l3,itn.h,ae..3LECll:a'rr.leol3wf,esaCtnd Captain Ander , son, on his left. afternoon an THE inquisition was taken before Mr. Le above prison, on view of the body of Mrs. Mary S. died after a few days' illness, , having beena prison , r upwards of sixteen years through a Chancery suit. After a long investigation, and examination of several witnesses, from was elicited, the jury, under the direction of PQ'NI D 3Ii II . "' iD c r:Fe t i O lE'rt r ii'Andn ß :a:Ttly o lh'h y t:lai tto) n othing i , brought in their verdict, " Died of a nervous fever, brought on th rou g h long imprisonment and excited feelings." IMPUDENT ItOBBERY.-011 Friday afternoon, about three o'clock, some fellow entered the parlour of Mr. Holloway, bootmaker, of King-street, Long-acre, during his momentary absence, and contrived to extract from a bureau six silver teaspoons, a watch, and two sovereigns, with which he got clear off. From the peculiar manner in which th• robbery was effected there remains no doubt as to the person being well acquainted with the premises. BLUE B. U I N. — A correspondent informs us that the Temperance Societies generally purpose holding a high and solemn festival in commemoration of the great and sudden advance which has recently taken place in the price of gin. LAW INTELLIGENCE czyTRAL CRIMINAL CO UR S _ATURDAY. TILE QUEEN V. .IC:.' 5 7.`"NP row, At the sitting of the Court, • Mr. TnomAs rose, and requested that the i r Lords hi ps wou, i u be pleased to appoint a day for the trial of the prisoners Myers and Pow, against whom a true bill had been returned by the grand jury for murder. Mr. PHILLIPS and Mr. BODKIN rose and said that they were both engaged on the same case and on the same side with Mr. Thomas, and they did not know by what authority he made the application. It was a case certainly in which many serious preliminary consultations must take place before ttny motion could be made on their behalf, to expedite the trial of the case. After some conversation an the subject between Mr. Thomas and the other Counsel, Mr. Justice BosANQUET—Th. application is certainly premature. Up to the time of the rising of the court the application had not been renewed, although it was understood that an intention to that effect had existed during the day on the part of the Counsel for the prosecution ; and it is now deemed probable that the trial will come on Monday. At the same time, how ever, as neither of the prisoners are yet in custody, it is in their power to postpone the further investigation of the case to any subsequent day of the session. It is probable that the case will be tried before Mr. Justice Bosanquet, the senior judge presid ing at the present sessions, as the depositions of the witnesses have been placed in his hands, which is the course of proceed. tog usually adopted when cases of a serious nature are to be tried. Mr. Prendergast and Mr. Doane are engaged to con duct the case for the prosecution, while Mr. C. Phillips, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Thomas are retained for the defence. Edward Kissac, aged 20, a young man of respectable de meanour, was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering a bill of exchange for 75/., with intent to defraud Messrs. Mas- terman and Co., the bankers. From the evidence of the witnesses called it appeared that the prisoner was a young man of respectable family, and re sided at Douglas, in the Isle of Man. On the afternoon of the 12th of July, he entered the Bell Tavern, Gracechurch !tree!, and ordered his dinner, which having been served, he inquired whether the landlady could send some respectable person to Messrs. Masterman's, to receive some money for him. She answered that her son would go, and the prisoner then gave him a letter directed to Messrs. Masterman, toge ther with a card, on which his name was written, telling him that he would receive 751., which he was to bring to him. The boy presented the note, and the bill directly was discovered to be a forgery, and of course its payment was refused. The boy returned to his mother's house, but the prisoner had in the mean time gone away. Soon afterwards, however, he returned, and was given into the custody of Forrester, the officer. The prisoner subsequently wrote to a Mr. Richardson, at Douglas, enclosing two letters, which he requested he would put into the post office for him there. One was addressed to Messrs. Master man, and purported to be from Messrs. Holmes, whose signa ture to the order had been forged, stating that the bill was genuine, while the other purported to be from the same par ties to the prisoner, apologising to him for the inconvenience to which he had been subjected. The letters, however, were handed over to Messrs. Holmes, by Mr. Richardson, and they at the same time received a letter from the prisoner himself, confessing that he had forged the note, and imploring forgive ness, alleging distress as an excuse for his crime. The jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty. SHOTLIFTIN6.—Thomas Row and William Jegery ware indicted for robbing the shop of John Wills, hosier, in Ox ford-street. The jury found both prisoners Guilty, and the Common Ser geant sentenced them to three months' hard labour. ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY. —John Edward Bertrem, a man of colour, was indicted for stealing, on the 26th July, a casket containing an emerald and gold bracelet of the value of 1001. and other articles of jewellery of the value of 4001., the pro perty of Sigismond Leidersdorf, from out of a vessel called the Victoria, lying in the London Docks. A full account of the prisoner's examination at the Lambeth-street Police-office ap peared in this journal three weeks since. Witnesses having been examined for the prosecution, the prisoner in his defence, said that he was drunk, and did not know what he was doing. The COMMON SERGEANT summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. In passing sentence of ten years' transportation the Court said that the punishment would have been much greater had not the prisoner used every means in his power to cause the re storation of the property after his apprehension. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN. A FEMALE HIGHWAY ROBBER.—On Saturday Sarah James, a notoriously thief, was examined, charged with assaulting a gentleman named Harris, on the highway, and stealing from his person a purse containing two sovereigns and some silver. The prosecutor stated that at two o'clock in the morning he was walking along Gray's Inn-road on his way home, when the prisoner suddenly pounced upon him, and asked if he had any money. He told her that he had not, and after threatening to give her in charge if she molested him, he pro ceeded on, but had riot gone many yards before the accused rushed at him, and drew from his pocket a purse contain ing the amount before stated. He pursued her, crying, " Stop thief," and she was captured by a policeman of the E division. The prisoner, who declined making any defence, was fully committed to Newgate. INFAMOUS CASE.—lsaac Abrahams appeared, pursuant to his recognizances, to be examined on the charge of coining. Duke, the officer of this establishment, said that on Mon day last a warrant was entrusted to himself and brother con stables, Edwards and Hall, by the solicitor of the Mint, au thorising them to search the house of the prisoner, who had been charged on oath with coining. At eight o'clock in the morning witness and the other officers met according to ap pointment. The person who had given the information of the offence imputed to the defendant, by his conduct there, at once convinced witness that something was wrong, as be evinced the most deadly hatred towards the accused, and in the most fiendish manner chuckled at the idea of having him sen tenced to be transported. What tended more especially to confirm witness in the opinion he had formed was the cir cumstance of the informer relating minutely the number of pieces of counterfeit coin, the sort of paper they were wrapped in, and the spot where they would be found. Having arrived at the prisoner's house, the door being ajar, witness and his companions went straight to the working room of the prisoner, who was making a pair of boots, and almost un awares to him, secured him. The poor fellow, on finding him self thus roughly handled, screamed out most tremendously, and appeared almost frantic ; but when shown the base money which witness had by this time taken from the place in the exact condition mentioned by the informer, he called out in a most heart-rending manner " I'm sold, I'm sold," and then fainted away. Witness and the others with considerable diffi culty recovered him, and having allayed his fears they ques tioned him, when it appeared too truly that the base money had been placed in his room some time during his absence by either the informer or someone in league with him, with a view of banishing him for life, they having, on various previous oc casions, ineffectually attempted his destruction. Mr. Powell, the solicitor for the Mint, said he was satisfied that it was a conspiracy to ruin the prisoner.—The prisoner was discharged. MARLB OROUGH- STREET. John Harris was fully committed for trial, for stealing a cloak from the carriage of Sir James Clarke, Bart., of George street. UNION-HALL. Maria Whitehead, servant to Mr. Soswell, of New Kenyon street, Bermondsey, was charged with robbing her master of a silver teapot, four silver spoons, and a butter knife. A report was spread by the girl that the house was broken into and robbed in her absence ; but she having had her sweet heart to visit her on the day of the robbery, and having been seen to leave the house with a small hand-basket, was re manded until a search warrant could be executed at her sweet heart's lodgings. Mary Crouch was charged with a burglary in the house of her former master, and stealing various articles therefrom. She was fully committed for trial. CIIICORY.—As this article is much used in Bel gium as well as France as a substitute for Coffee, sometimes alone, hut more generally in equal proportions, its history may be interesting to some of our readers. During the war be twixt England and France, when t'he latter were blockaded by England, coffee became so scarce on the continent, that its cos t precluded its general use, a substitute was sought, and a premium offered by Bonaparte, for the best which could be discovered, chicory was suggested, which is a species of Dandelion ; a commission of medical men was appointed to examine into its qualities and wholesomeness as a beverage, and to make a report thereon. A report was made favour able to its use, its consumption increased rapidly, its culture and increase were attended to, and it has continued to be extensively consumed since that period, and lately has been exported to England in considerable quantities, where its con sumption will, no doubt, be extensive on account of the com parative high price of coffee in that country. Some people are of opinion that it improves the flavour of coffee, but that is altogether a matter of taste; the working classes in France and Belgium use it pure, and it is considered more wholesome, i n asmuch as it has a less heating quality than coffee ; it is anti-scorbutic and slightly diarrhcetic ; it is also used in com mon as a vegetable, and is highly delicious.—Brussels British Advertiser, Aug. 10, 1838. A few days sire?, Mr. Robert Stephenson (prin cipal Engineer for the London and Birmingham railway), with a party of friends, performed the journey from London to Birmingham by the railway in four hours and a half, that great work being now nearly completed. The left London at six a.m., and breakfasted (with Mr. Gande y 11, one of his Engineers) at Castlethorp. The distance from Coventry to Birmingham, 191 miles, was performed in 29 minutes. Mr. R. S. e ntertained his friends at dinner at the Stork Hotel, and returned to Coventry, where he left the party, who then proceeded to London, where they arrived at 10 p.m., without meeting the slightest accident. On Monday morning a man named John Wallis was cony :led to the London Hospital under the following unfortunate circumstances :—lt appears that he was driving a dray, belonging to Messrs. Manvers, Furze, and Marshal, the brewers, through Stamford-hill-gate towards London, when the horses took fright at sprinething in the road and ran off at full_speed, when the poor fellow was thrown frcm his seat and the wheels passed over him, by which means he sustained a severe fracture of one leg, and his body was dreadfully injured, so ranch so that very little hopes ere enter tained of his recovery. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 25.—The Columbine, 16, Commander Elliot, sailed yesterday for the Coast of Africa ; she proceeds direct the B'glits of Benin and Biafra, to relieve the Pelican sloop o f wati. he Tribune, 2.-1, Cwt. Williams, sailed yesterday for Lisbon, to relieve the MagiC4.f'nne, 24. The Pique frigate is ordered to :,ke en board two 68_ pounder guns, for throwing hollow shot. The Curlew brig, Commander Norcott, is hourly exvccted from the African coast. The Conway, 24, Captain Bethune, was at Sydney on the 24th of March last.—The Imogine, 28, arrived at Callao on the 12th of April ; and the Fly, 18, at Valparaiso on the 23d of April. The lower.deck guns of the Cornwallis have been sent from England for that ship, some time sincereport of her coming to :England to embark them is therefore un founded. The dergen steam-frigate, Co mmander Dacres, was to ;have Woolwich W . -dm) , frit- this port. She will consequently be here to-rnerrow morning, 4 1 .11 her way to the North coast of Spain. She will tow the Venerafshs, 74, down to Plymouth, on Thursday next. A small detachment of the Royal Marine Artillery will be embarked on her arrival here. It will be seen, with no little surprise, that with our many steam-vessels lying at Woolwich, the Admiralty are obliged to contract for the remov , l of two depots of troops from this garrison to and from Jersey, with private individuals, and though we have two men-of-war at Spithead, the Edinburgh, 74 and the Pique, 36, w ithout orders, and doin g nothing. At Spithead—Edinburgh, Pique, and Berkshire Indiaman, for Calcutta. In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Hastings, Excellent, Royal George, Actaeon, Orestes, Pantaloon, Messenger steamer, and Diligence naval transport. PROMOTIONS. -Assistant- Surgeon—John Munro, M.D., to the tank of Surgeon. ."'tasters —The following Acting Mas ters and Second Masters, to the rank of Masters ; the Acting Masters being re-appointed to the ve;'els in which they are now serving :—Lucius C. Bailey, Zebra; David Craigie, Pelorus ; T. R. Lord, Raleigh ; Thomas B. CA;finor, Fa. vourite ; Charles Tozer, Trincuo ; Samuel Lark, Sap;'ho; George H. Skead, Modesto • Robert W. W. Miller, Lily ; W. T. Wheeler, Pearl; H. Mapleton, Snake • R. Salmond, African ; George Grant , Nimro d ; C. H. Dillon, Thunder ; David Duncan, Wolverine ; A. B. Usborn, Beagle : C. R. Airy, Hyacinth ; John Cater, Medea ; J. R. Aylen, Wasp ; W. Parsons, Orestes; W. Langdon, Pilot; S. Haynes, Rose; F. D. S. Edwards, Lapwing; William Every, Opos sum ; W. Barrett, Spey ; J. C. Hutchings, Ranger ; E. P. Cole, late Rover ; R. Frampton, Waterwitch ; A. L. Pan chen, Forester; Joseph Chegwyn. APPOINTMENTS.—Commander : Henry R. Sturt, to Coast Guard, vice J. S. W. Johnson, resigned. Lieutenants: Wm. Crooke, to the Peterel ; D. B. Bedford, to the Ilerald ; E. Bevan has joined and taken command of the Pantaloon, vice M' Donnell, promoted ; Frederick Lowe and James A. Gordon, to the Cornwallis ; J. C. Robinson, to the North Star ; Neils Williamson, vice Thomson promoted, and Philip Bisson, vice J. Craske, to the Poictiers ; George Williamson, to Ocean, vice N. Williamson ; Horatio Blair and Daniel Leary, to the Coast Guard, vice Thomas Stuart, to Pembroke, and J. Pit field, resigned; Chapman Wise, Agent in charge of mails in contract steam-vessels, vice G. G. Miall, promoted. Mas ters : Jeremiah Ryan, Acting Master, to Penguin ; Henry Webb, Second Master and Pilot, to the Actaeon ; W. Wood year, Second Master, to Hastings ; H. B. Harris, Second Master, to Royal George, vice J. Haynes, to Rose ; H. K. Bower, Master's Assistant, to the Victory ; Cummings, Master's Assistant to San Josef, to Jupiter ; James Stud will, Master's Assistant, to Orestes. Purser : J. D. Jones, Snpernumerary, to Hastings. Surgeon : W. T. Ballantine, late of Thalia, to be Surgeon of the Island of Ascension, vice Brownrigg. Assistant-Surgeons : William Roberts, to Se ringapatam ; William Hobbs, to Hornet (and not Botietta, as stated in our last). Mates : G. D. Keane and H. N. S. Micklethwaite, to Edinburgh ; F. T. Chetham, John Fisher, and C. F. Chimmo, to Hastings ; G. S. Boys, to Bonetta ; W. Parsons (acting), to Orestes ; R. D. Aldrich, to Buzzard; E. K. Barnard, to Royal Adelaide ; John Gordon, to Her miles. Midshipmen : W. B. Hellard, to the Hermes; Wm. Cudwell, to Excellent; E. Lamberr,and H. V. A. Poulett, Vols. Ist Class, to Actaeon • J. W. Drummond, to Britannia. Clerks: W. M. S. Whitefield, to the Pique; John Hutch ings, to Actaeon; E. A. Smith, additienai, tr, Cos Hastings. Warrant Officers : John Farrell, Gunner, and John Williams, Boatswain, to, P:,erel. ROYAL MARINES.— Mr. Hugh Bower Mends, to be Second Lieutenant of the Woolwich Division ; Second Lieutenant Symonds, ordered to North Coast of Spain. (From the Devonport Independent.) PLYMOUTH, Au°. 25.—Her Majesty's steamer Spitfire, Lieut. A. Kennedy, Commander, arrived here yesterday, 15 days from Malta. Left on the 9th inst.—H.M. S. Talavera and Castor, refitting; also H. M. steamers Blazer and Con fiance. Left Tunis on the 11th inst., at night. The Prin cess Charlotte, flag-ship of the Hon. Sir R. Stopford, and squadron, were lying there, with three French line-of-battle ships. Left Gibraltar on the 17th inst. The Hermes steamer had arrived the same morning from England; the Volcano bad left the previous night for Malta. Commander Lord Francis Russell had arrived and taken command of the Harlequin, vice Erskine, who came home passenger in the Spitfire—left at Gibraltar the Wolverine and Harlequin, brigs of war. Yes. terday, the 23d, the Spitfire fell in, of Ushant, with a large American vessel—she hoisted a white flag with the letter U in the centre, and was supposed to be one of the American line of packets from Havre, bound to the United States. The Confiance had arrived at Malta from Naples, and brought news of an eruption both of Mount Etna and Vesuvius. By the courtesy of Lieut. Kennedy of the Spitfire, we have received Malta papers to the Ist August. H. M. S. Talbot, Captain Codrington, arrived there on the 27th July, from Mahon. The papers contain little news of importance. THE GLANVILLE FAMILY.—This new wor fiction, by a Lady of Rank, may border on that species of publication which is known as a fashionable novel, but it is very far superior to even the better class of such productions. The main story is the recital of the gradual development ofo has the "tender passion" in the breast of a ge ntle heroine, wh betrothed herself at an early age to one for whom her love in after years gives place to her passion for another. The cha racters of Lord Raymond, Frederick Perceval, Edward Glan ville, and the Rivers's, arc well and naturally drawn hile the imperturbable solemnity of Charles Dalrymple is ost amusing relief to the dialogues of the more profound charac ters. It is not only as a first production that we commend the present publication; it is worthy of an author better known, and of a fair place in public estimation. Indeed, there is muck throughout " The Glanville Family" that will amuse as well as instruct, and which affords a presage of still better future per-. formance.—Courier. [We may add, that the authorship of this work ought to be avowed. It would not discredit Miss Austen, or the author of " Evelina."] THE MOORS.—(From the Dumfries Courier.) — From sportsmen we learn that moor game of all kinds is more plentiful than it has been for years—especially black-cocks, which, from whatever cause, are still gaining on their cousins german, the grouse. Partridges are also found on the moors, where they manage to pick up a living, without, we believe, eating heather ; but a more numerous branch of the same family still prefer the valleys, amidst the corn fields of which they will find free quarters, with plenty to eat for a week or more after the Ist September. Much execution was done last week, and were it always proper to mention names, we could enumerate extraordinary instances of sport, notwithstanding the efforts of the poachers. Even before the 12th August, disguised boxes of game were shipped by all the steamers ; and there can be no doubt that the regularity with whicb these vessels sail, and the new markets they open up, have put guns into the hands of hundreds who never carried a gun before. The poacher's in fact, is a gainful trade, and we are aware of individuals who earn in this way little short of 200/. a-year. Their numbers, therefore, are gradually increasing, while their daring is beyond all bounds. Occasionally they enter gentlemen's shrubberies in broad day light, and think nothing of shooting hares within or without garden walls. A friend who had a few coveys of grouse on his property instructed his people to warn intruders off ; but still they came, and if interrupted at one spot, com menced operations at another, until they had attained their object—extirpating the whole game on a limited domain. But some pursue a different course—raising coveys by means of dogs, and maim;ng tender pouts in a manner that dis qualifies them from flying, that they may the more easily be come their prey in autumn without the expense of powder and shot. These things arc unseemly, and should not be. Poachers have no right to mar the pleasures of others in thus reck lessly persecuting birds, which, although in one sense ferce nature, are notoriously not their property ; and if the pre sent system continue, the Game-laws may be made doubly stringent sooner than they imagine. Around the lofty Low thers a party of six gentlemen found excellent sport last week, and indeed everywhere the foaler has found his toils re warded, wherever adequate care has been taken to preserve the ground. In another column we have inserted a para graph from a Perth paper, which gives a favourable account of the winged statistics of portions of the Highlands; and we observe from the Inverness Courier, that matters are much the same in the north. But poaching in that quarter is greatly kept under, by persons specially appointed for the purpose— a most necessary precaution, in the case of estates so well peopled with game, that the right to bag black, brown, and grey feathers, frequently brings the owner a few hundreds of annual rent. ANOTHER STEAM BOILER EXPLOSION. —An accident occurred on Friday evening to the Antelope steamer, when opposite to Moville, on her way to Glasgow. It ap peared that one of the lower plates of the boiler gave way, and the water gushing out suddenly into the hold destroyed, we regret to say, eighteen head of cattle, and slightly scalded four or fire others. No person on board received any injury, and the vessel, which was towed in this morning by the Isa bella, will, we understand, be able to proceed on her voyage this evening.—Derry Sentinel of Saturday. THE GzEsARTAN OPERATION.—On Friday an in quest was held in New Gravel-lane upon the body of Sareh Bunyan, aged 43 years. The deceased it appeared had been subject to fits, and on the morning of Tuesday was taken se verely ill. Mr. Goulbern, a surgeon, was sent for, and found her labouring under symptoms of apoplexy. He immediately bled her, and administered the usual remedies, but without effect, the poor woman dying in a few hours after being at tacked. As she was far advanced in pregnancy it was thought advisable to attempt to save the life of the child by the Cm sarian operation, and Mr. Dougal, an eminent surgeon, with assistance, performed it with great skill, commencing about five minutes after the woman had expired. The infant, how ever, was dead. The jury retired,a verdict of " Death by the visitation of God." HOP INTELLIGENCE, (From the Maidstone Papers,) SOUTHWARK, Auo. 20.—There has been a considerable variation in the reports from the plantations the last wewk, and but little business has been done. The duty is called 170,000/. of which Kent is expected to pay 100,000 1 -• and Sussex, 52,0001. MawsToNa.—The hops generally in this district have in - - proved greatly in appearance during the fine hot weather of l as t week, but their insidious enemy, the mould, has, we regret to say, ex tended its ravages very considerably, and threatens total ruin to m ,7ny grounds. It seems to be very partial in its attacks, scarcely to7lching some grounds, and completely co vcring others. The c onsequence will be that those who are fortunate enough to escape - its contagion will be very fortunate , and those whom it visits partie'llarly unfortunate ; and although. it must very considerably reduce the crop, yet it is hoped the sample generally will not be deteriosrated. BOUGHTON, CHART, AND SUTTON .--The hops in this dis trict have improved during the past week, but they are in so backward a state, and on some grounds look so very unkindly , that it is impossible for so many hops to be grown as were ex pected. The duty must be very much below last year. SEVENOAKt, OTFORD, AND SHOREHAM.--The hops in this district are looking remarkably well, and there is no doubt that one-third more will be grown than last year. Tim WEALD. —The hops continue to come out very slowly, with the exception of here and there a piece which shows to lerably well. It is impossible to say what will or wilt not Lint as they are so backward. Stissax.—There are great complaints in this district, and it is feared that the crop will fall short. In souse ground,. there are fresh vermin which appear to be vey lively. CASTLE HEDINGHAM.—At the annual hop nienting held a t the Bell Inn on the 6 th instant , a qu antit y of hops of the coming crop were sold at Si. s s. the c wt., and the at 160,000/. The hops in the neighbou rhood at presont look very promising ; should the warm weat her continue, a' good crop may be anticipated. duty laid THE LATE ESCAPE FROM THE TOWER:` Pay- Scrjeant Pearson, of the Rifle Brigade, who some time' since absconded from Woolwich, when the regiment was sta-• wined there, with a large sum of money, and who was after wards overtaken on board an American packet-ship at Lives -64, with another defaulter and deserter, and brought back to. the T o -e'er, from the guard-room of which he made his escape, was re-take'." in Walworth, and brought back to the Tower. The & reurns tan, - es leading to his recapture ha v e n ot been correctly set forth. It appears that directly after Pearson made his escape, he wet to live with a woman of abandoned character, the cause of his :misfortunes, at a house in Wel-- worth, from which he never stirred . until he was again cap tured. All his money becoming exnxisted, and being re . - duced to great distress, he forwar ded a .I.ltter to one of Ins im he had alwa . Y s comrades, a private in the regime nt, with wh, bean on the most friendly and int imate terms, :equesting ce to come and see him, and to relieve him from his difficulties.- The The man considered it his duty to mention the circumstance to. his commanding officer, and it was arranged that the letter should be answered, and a meeting was appointed to take place between Pearson, his comrade, and anothe on r man, also belonging to the reg iment, who was intimate terms with the serjeant, on Monday even ing. The signal agreed upon between the parties wee to be a whistle. Accordingly on Mo nda y evenin g the tign, privates proceeded to Walworth, and at the preconcerte a signal Pearson himself opened the door of the house in w hieta he was living, and in an instant afterwards the Major and- Adjutant of the regiment, who were well armed, made their appearance. On seeing them Pearson was completely para lyzed. On recovering in some measure from his surprise, be exclaimed, " Oh, that's what you mean, is it ?" and made e show of resistance, but in vain, he was immediately secured, Both the privates who assisted in his capture have been mad full corporals, and one of them, the man who received th ee letter, was presented with a purse of ten guineas by the ofa cers of the regiment on parade yesterday, and was highly com plimented for his conduct. The prisoner is only 28 year ° of age, and his faisily are respectable. His ruin is attributabl ear e to his forming an intimacy with a woman of att ra c tive a pp ance, but most abandooed character. To support the extra vagance of this female he was induced to abscond with the, money entrusted to his care. The same woman cohabit n with another man belonging to thz y• regiment some time ago! who in a moment of phrenz, o ccasioned by ker infamous conduct, shot himself with a y pistol, instantly expired' Pearson will be removed to Chatham h 7 the course of expired' week for trial by a General Court-martial. Chasenaore 8° Smith have as yet eluded the pursuit made after them. RARA Avis.—A few days ago, as a friend of ono' was traversing some fields near Girvan along with another_ gentleman, on passing through a hedge a covey of seven . 0 ,7 eight partridges was flushed—one of which was decorated wit"' plumage of an uncommon colour. The sides of the bird wer e pale brown, and tke head, back, and wings were white so " unsun'd snow." As the covey rose close to the gentlemen! who are old hands at handling Joe Manton, there was not the smallest doubt of this singular bird being bona fide a partridg e ," In an English paper (the Doncaster Chronicle) of last weet it is stated that when a labouring man, name d Wates, iv r r mowing in a field near Bently, in Sir W. B. Co' ke's ship, he discovered a nest of no fewer than three svbite pa! tridges—so that if our Ayrshire sportsman wis hes to maintains the county's fame for rare birds of this sort , he must starthis covey of at least half-a-dozen Whiteboys in th e course ofnb., approaching peregrinations o'er field and furrow.—Ayr server. At a late hour on Thursday night, as police 0/1 Z; stable, 82 G, was going his rounds near the City-road, • v perceived a gentleman (who it was afterwards ascertained Vie, Mr. Moss, a surgeon, residing in Goswell-street) lying en pavement in a state of stupefaction, apparently produced "a excessive drinking. The policeman procured assistanc e a° . conveyed him to the station-bouse in Featherstone - stree t , e where he was promptly a tt en d e d by Mr. Leeson, the po!' c _. surgeon, who on examining him pronounced that he bad taa. , poison. The stomach pu m p was applied, and the proper inU°, dotes administered with ou t e ff ec t, and Mr. Leeson firld, to that he was sinking rapidly, di rec t e d his immediate removal 0 the hospital, but on his way thither the unfortunate gentlerr:AA expired. A }WO' sp iriteu competition now exists between th e r horses coaches running between this town and Elet . , ; through Tiverton ; although the distance by that route is is rniles,Rtsseilers are conveyed for 3s. only , and at a s P e faster fban 'that of the mails. The journey is achieved 10 about three hours and a h a lf, s t o ppages included.— Tau nt° Courier. THE SCHOOLM ASTER .—T O an observant speetha; tor it might have furni s h e d ma tt er f or cu rious reflection , e t - ur at a recent inquest, h e ld i n a v ill age , no t far from York , i e u i., of the jurymen were unable to sign their names to the aition. These were generally am o n g the seniors on the lei, quest, whilst the younger portion affixed their sigual e t, though not, perhaps, in the most clerk-like style. The IV however, is so far pleasing, as it is indicative of the spresu that education, by which useful knowledge, and conseq ue mental superiority are to be acquired.—Doncaster Gazette' PATENT LEVER IV AT C H 0 With silver deuble-bottom cases E6 6 16 0 With silver hunting cases which This celebrated co ns t ruc ti on (th e mos t accurate on pu ts, watch can be mad e ) i s o ff ere d, w ith th e latest improvel p- uo d, e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four koks, ca over hand to mark the se con d s , h ar d ename l di a l, an d maintaining P ° to continue going while winding up, at the above price, by T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, London , (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street. ) N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchanges BIRTHS. ;he lad i ana Ryder , of Jn the 24th inst., at i estbrook, the Goorgi, .win daughters. On the 20th inst., at Woolsington, Northumberland, the 11°11. Mrs. Coulson, of a son. 14. On the 23d inst., in New Burlington-street, the lady of W • Good, Esq., of daughter, still-born. On the 24th inst., in Albion•street, Hyde-park, the lady o f W. Deacon. Esq., of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Tooting-common, the lady of C. Leo, Pg.' of a daughter. On the 24th inst., Mrs. Frances Lloyd, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., in Soho-square, Mrs Mackinlay, of MARRIED. Warr' ll ' On the 23d inst., at Edmonton, by the Rev. Dawson _ to A.M., Vicar of the parish, Francis Warren, Esq., his fourthh the Eliza, younger daughter of John F. Chapman, Esq., of place. gem' On the 23d inst., at St. Margaret's Church, W es tminster , t. n eth Cameros, Esq., to Miss Louisa Sprent, of Delahay-st r , ee h ibbi , On the 22d inst., at Christ Church, Marylebone, Kingston' na il, Esq., Bengal Army, to Eliza, second daughter of Captain R. N. C. B. D lE. of br l On Ile 20th inst., at Brownsea- ca stle, Dorset, the Lai i of l -- V i W l' Elizabeth Tumour, third d aug h ter o f Edward, second Earl terton. On the 16th inst., in G u ildf or d- street, age d 29 , Jo hn Willialutoe Pitt Goodrich, Esq., eld es t son o f W m. Goodr i ch, E sq ., °f House, Gloucestershire. f gasl er On the 20th inst., Fran c i s Vi v i an, e ld est surv i v i ng son o Hollist, Esq., of Lodsw or th, S ussex. 1414" On the 23d inst., Ro ger Parry, Esq, .of Col eb rooke-row, ton, aged 88.• of c ar ter , On the 23d inst., ag e d 24 , S arah, wife of Mr. C h ar l e s of the St. Katharine Dockhouse. Es q., On the 20th inst., the infant daughter of John Blyt% Limehouse. int iel C. On the 9th inst., Mary Charlotte, wife of Lientenant -C° Payne, of the Bombay Army, d - age i. f t he Il el. On the 20th inst., at Recicar, Yorkshire, Sarah, wife 0 J. Newsam, Incumbent of Sharo', near Ripon, Yorkshirie's Sarah On the 23d inst., at Earl Soham, Suffolk, aged 83, l‘i r ; i d f e '' Wish iw, relict of C. Wishaw, Esq., late of that place , a Elisabeth, merly of Gray's Inn, London. Enieb On the 22d inst., at Bedford-row Islington, aged 26, ri fe wife of Mr. E. Gaubert, of Hounslow. Juliana' On the 21st inst., at West Hall, Mortlake, aged 28, G. Tyrrell, Esq. n „ w e, On the 21st inst., General Onslow, of Great Stauchto "" Huntingdonshi re . mi n ' ridg e ' On the 20th i nst., at Sandstone-cottage, near Uzi) , A f or 0" Dclamain. Esq.. aged 49. mhos. On the lith inst., at Litchurch, near Derby, Mr. ..- formerly of London, aged 67. er a 1 On the 20th inst., at Louth, Lincolnshire, Mrs. Tara,f . Stang' On the 21st inst., it New Cross, Elizabeth, relict 0 lite r feld, Esq., of Field-house, New Cross, aged 77. e f.t da ti g of On the 2lst inst., at Upper Clapton, Frances, youn a g n , cou nt} of the late Captain G. C. Pulling, R.N., of St. Ars ' _......!--'. Monmouth G. ° f N t London: P r i n t e d an d P u blished by MURDO Y °V- the p°r - 112, Strand, a t The Sun Office, No. 112 Strand, in of Middlesex.—Monday, August 27, 1838.